Lee Cheuk-yan

Lee Cheuk-yan (Chinese: 李卓人; born 12 February 1957 in Shanghai) is a Hong Kong politician and social activist. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1995 to 2016, when he lost his seat. He represented the Kowloon West and the Manufacturing constituencies briefly in 1995 and had been representing the New Territories West constituency from 1998 to 2016. He is a former trade union leader, former General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions, as well as former chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China. He has been jailed since April 2021 and has been sentenced for his role in two unauthorized assemblies; for an alleged offence of subversion, no trial date has been set as of February 2024.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lee.
Lee Cheuk-yan
李卓人
Lee in 2018
Chairman of the Labour Party
In office
18 December 2011 – 13 December 2015
Succeeded bySuzanne Wu
Chairman of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China
In office
2 January 2011 – 15 December 2014
DeputyRichard Tsoi
Mak Hoi-wah
Preceded bySzeto Wah
Succeeded byAlbert Ho
In office
8 December 2019 – 25 September 2021
DeputyChow Hang-tung
Preceded byAlbert Ho
Succeeded byOrganization dissolved
General Secretary of the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
In office
1990 – 3 October 2021
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
1 July 1998 – 30 September 2016
Preceded byNew parliament
Succeeded byCheng Chung-tai
ConstituencyNew Territories West
In office
11 October 1995 – 30 June 1997
Preceded byNew constituency
Succeeded byReplaced by Provisional Legislative Council
ConstituencyManufacturing
In office
10 February 1995 – 31 July 1995
Preceded byLau Chin-shek
Succeeded byLau Chin-shek
ConstituencyKowloon Central
Personal details
Born (1957-02-12) 12 February 1957
Shanghai, China
Political partyHong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions
Labour Party
Other political
affiliations		Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China
SpouseElizabeth Tang
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
OccupationLegislative Councillor
Trade unionist
Lee Cheuk-yan
Chinese李卓人
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